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Fat Cells: You Are What You Ate
Yup, you read it right. You are what you ate, or was fed, before age five. “After five years, our body […]
A painless diet strategy for effective weight loss: A doctor’s guide
“I eat healthily and go on a diet. Why am I still not losing weight?!” Does this sound familiar? Indeed, […]
Four Eating Tips For A Healthier, Happier Holiday
BY JEAN TONG, NUTRITIONIST, HALLEY MEDICAL AESTHETICS Travelling this holiday? It is never easy to eat healthily when we travel, […]
Six Healthy Trick and Treating Tips
By Jean Tong, nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics The good news for the kids (and parents) is this: There is no […]
Forget liposuction. Use temperature for fat removal.
You can remove unwanted fat using cooling temperature or thermal heat without any downtime. How? You have tried many fat […]
The Truth About Alcohol And Heart Health
BY JEAN TONG, NUTRITIONIST, HALLEY MEDICAL AESTHETICS Everyone says drinking is bad for health so should you avoid alcohol totally? […]
A Family That Exercises Together, Stays Together
When was the last time you spent time with your family? Setting aside time to cultivate family togetherness is important […]
Too Sweet For You
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year are festivities that often go hand in […]
A Romantic Guide To Dining Without Pigging Out
We often say that the way to a woman’s (or man’s) heart is through her stomach. And you know what? […]
Be My Healthy Valentine
Valentine’s Day. While some people dread it, others relish in showering that special someone with their love, undivided attention, […]
Freeze Fat And Save Time With CoolAdvantage, DualSculpting
Medical advancements deliver improved results and greater comfort in a shorter treatment time with DualSculpting and, CoolAdvantage by CoolSculpting. Excess […]
Don’t Let Underarm Fat Undermine Your New Year
No matter how much effort you put in, that jiggly bit on your underarm just doesn’t seem to be going […]
Five Ways To Make Exercise Part Of Your Daily Routine
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics With your resolutions set for the new year, it’s time to push yourself to […]
Five Meal Plan Makeover Tips For The New Year
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics New year, new resolutions! Regardless of whether you are dining in or eating out, […]
Wave Goodbye To Underarm Fat With CoolAdvantage Petite
While diet and regular workout will help you lose weight and slim down your underarm, it cannot contour it to […]
Candy Crush, Sugar Rush
What are the holidays without the accompaniment of the Christmas classics… ginger and sugar cookies, candy cane cookies and pecan […]
Eight Ways To Cut Bad Fats From Your Christmas Meal
One of the most loved seasons of the year is here once again. As we let the twinkling fairy lights […]
The Science Behind The Six-Pack Abs
A set of six-pack abs is always enviable. Apart from being aesthetically pleasing, a ripped washboard ab seems to indicate […]
Commercial Vitamin Drinks For Kids: Yay Or Nay
By Jean Tong, nutritionist, halley medical aesthetics Vitamin drinks seem to be the new mania. The question is: are they […]
CoolSculpting Your Six-Pack Abs
The six-pack abs journey involves hard work and discipline. Even if you exercise self-restraint at the dining table and […]
Foods To Build Muscles Naturally
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics The common misconception when we talk about muscle building is that most folks think […]
Let’s Talk Muscles
Mention “muscles”, and for most people, images of buffed women and men come to mind. But muscles by definition are […]
Uniquely Asian Names For Beauty Woes
We Asians have some pretty-sounding and even interesting names for beauty woes. What are they and how can we get […]
Eat Your Salad Naked
Having salad as part of your low-calorie, low-fat weight loss diet plan may seem ideal to most – this is […]
Summer Edition: I Want A Beach Body. Is There A Shortcut?
The beach body is perhaps one of the most sought-after body shapes when it comes to physical appearance for both […]
[Video] Using Medication As Part Of Your Weight Loss Strategy
Losing weight requires tremendous willpower. For some, losing weight seems like an impossible task. So how do we go about […]
School’s Out, Easy-To-Prepare Healthy Recipes Are In… Hooray!
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics It is that time of the year again, the mid-year school break. One whole […]
Forbes Facelift: Aesthetic Treatments On Men’s To-do List
Ever heard of the Forbes Facelift? It’s a set of aesthetic procedures that men in the US are investing in […]
Nutrition: Healthy Eating For The Busy Professionals
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics A combination of poor nutrition and stress from a hectic work life can […]
Top Eight Popular Treatments For Mothers
Being a wife, mother, and daughter is a 24/7 all-year commitment. It’s a thankless yet priceless job, and We often […]
[Video] How to Lose Weight Effectively
There is no denying that the process of losing weight is a challenging one. More so in Singapore, where being […]
Meal Replacements And Weight Management – Are Meal Replacements Your BFF Or The Devil?
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics Professionals can prescribe a weight loss caloric-reduced diet regime called a low-calorie diet […]
Curb Your Food Cravings With These Six Useful Tips
By JEan Tong, Nutritionist, HalLEY medical aesthetics One of the most frustrating things about losing weight is trying your best […]
CoolAdvantage: Freeze More With Greater Comfort In 35 Minutes
Take advantage of Zeltiq’s new applicators, the CoolAdvantage and CoolAdvantage Plus, and achieve your dream body in a shorter treatment […]
Five Essential Tips For Mindful Eating
Apply strategies to overcome the mealtime challenges. Jean Tong, Nutritionist with Halley Medical Aesthetics, offers five mindful eating tips. “You […]
A Doctor’s Opinion On Medications For Weight Loss
Doctor Terence Tan, our medical director, understands that losing weight can be quite an uphill battle. That is why his […]
Eat mindfully, not mindlessly, this new year
You don’t have to avoid your favourite treats during the festive season and feel miserable about yourself. Eat mindfully, intuitively, […]
Go Back To Dietary Guideline Basics. No More Fad Diets!
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics The Internet is a great resource but with too much information on hand, […]
A Doctor’s Approach To Slimming
Our medical director, Doctor Terence Tan, has met a lot of people on a daily basis who come from all […]
Probiotics For Skin And Gut Health
Most people would react with some disgust at the mention of “bacteria”. But do you know that probiotics is good […]
Simple Weight Loss Life Hacks That Could Improve Your Life
Weight loss should be about making small, effective changes that are perpetuated over a longer period of time, and still […]
That Time Of The Month: What PMS Does To Your Body And Skin
Premenstrual syndrome or PMS. Most of us know what it does to our moods but what does it exactly do […]
The Big Fat Truth
Our body stops producing fat cells after 5-year-old. Here’s how we can get rid of excess ones with CoolSculpting, DualSculpting […]
How Bad or Good Is Pasta?
By Jean Tong, Nutritionist, Halley Medical Aesthetics Pasta is energy-dense which explains why a majority of performance athletes consume them. […]
Our Destiny of Beauty, Genetics and Ageing
Remember the saying “a chip off the old block”? We may take after our parents but we can change our […]
CoolMini: A Step By Step Experience
We know makeup can do wonders. In fact, there is no shortage of tips and tutorials on how to use […]
All That Jazz About Infused Fruit Drinks
Infused drinks are all the buzz these days. But what is the fuss with these colourful slices of fruits in […]
Beauty Sleep: The Link Between Ageing, Weight Gain And Sleeping
Why is beauty sleep so necessary? What is the exact link between ageing, weight gain and sleeping? It’s fascinating that we spend […]
The Gender Factor In Weight Loss
Losing weight is not as easy for some. The daily calories recommendation and the science of weight loss for women and men […]
How Do You Maximise Results For Your Fat Reduction Treatments?
You’ve finally taken that first step to address the stubborn fats via CoolSculpting. How do you ensure maximum results for […]
Hunger Games: Get To Know The Pangs
Food is a basic necessity for all living things. Here in our sunny city state, it can be found everywhere, […]
CoolMini: The New CoolSculpting Applicator is in Town
CoolMini, new CoolSculpting applicator, is finally in town to help you say goodbye to double chin, armpit fat, and sagging knees. […]
Understanding Fat Reduction/Body Contouring, Weight Loss & Skin Firming
Fat Reduction/Body Contouring, Weight loss & Skin Firming: Make sure your body treatments measure up to expectations by understanding your […]
Counting Calories – How To Stay The Path?
Counting calories is a tedious process, as it is being on the journey of healthy living is an arduous one. […]
The Thin Line Between Fat And Curvy
How do you know if you are voluptuously curvy or just simply overweight and fat? As a child, we have […]
Ditch Those Stubborn Body Fats
Daddy Body – Regardless of how trendy it is nowadays, there’s no excuse for letting ourselves go. Even if we can’t own […]
Losing Weight, But Not In The Places You Want?
We strive hard in losing weight via dieting and exercise. But sometimes our problem areas like the stubborn fats on our tummy, buttocks, […]
Halley’s Firming Formula: Tickle Your Fibroblasts
Tickle, tickle? Yes, tickling your fibroblasts is the third and last part of Halley’s Firming Formula. (Read the first and second part.) That’s because fibroblasts are critical […]
Halley’s Firming Formula: Eat Your Tofu And Fish For Lean Protein
Why? Because wrinkles hate lean protein! Who would have thought that what we eat plays an important role in combating loose, […]